Unspoken Lives Podcast
Unspoken Lives Podcast shares extraordinary stories from everyday people, highlighting resilience, personal growth, and inspiring life lessons. Tune in for real conversations that uncover the moments that often go unseen.
Episodes
Lisa Espinoza’s life changed when her 25-year-old son, Chandler, was struck by a car while riding his bike to work. Eighteen days later, Lisa stood beside his hospital bed, held his hand, and watched him take his last breath.
Lisa shares who Chandler was beyond the tragedy that took his life and what it has meant to grieve the loss of a child while learning how to keep living. She opens up about the unpre...
After losing his wife, Laurie, Ryon Harms became a young widower and single father trying to figure out what life after loss was supposed to look like.
Ryon had spent ten years building a life with Laurie, loving her through an extraordinarily difficult illness and eventually becoming a father to their daughter, Sky. Losing Laurie meant grieving the person he loved while also learning how to navigate a future he neve...
What does it look like to build a life with someone when you know tomorrow isn't guaranteed?
Ryon Harms and Laurie were young and in love when a medical crisis changed everything. After years of unexplained swelling and debilitating pain, Laurie’s scans eventually made their way to a doctor at Harvard, who told her family that she had essentially been walking around with a broken neck.
Ryon left his life i...
Thirteen years after leaving Ethiopia, Isaac Melber returned to the country and family he had never stopped thinking about.
The journey brought him back to the village where he was born, to family members he hadn't seen since childhood, and to the graves of the parents he lost so young. He had spent years wondering about the life and people he left behind. Now, he was finally able to ask questions and hear pieces of ...
Isaac Melber was born in a remote village in Ethiopia. After losing both of his parents at a young age, he was placed in an orphanage and eventually adopted by a family in the United States.
At five years old, Isaac was suddenly living in a new country, learning a new language and trying to understand a life that looked nothing like the one he had left behind. He was loved by his new family, but that didn't mean the ...
What happens when you give someone an opportunity, but they don't have the support or community they need to navigate everything that comes with it?
In this episode, Jordan Bartlett shares what years of working alongside current and former foster youth have taught him about resilience, asking for help, and why opportunity alone isn't always enough. He shares the story of a young man who rode his bike four hours to wo...
Jordan Bartlett was adopted when he was very young and raised by two loving parents, knowing little about the biological family he came from. Then, at 19 years old, a young woman he had never met walked up to him and said three words that would eventually change the direction of his life:
“I’m your sister.”
In Part 1 of this conversation, Jordan shares what it was like to discover a sibling he never ...
Have you ever wondered if you missed what God was calling you to do?
If you've been questioning your next step, wondering if it's too late, or searching for direction, this conversation is a reminder that God isn't finished with your story.
Maybe fear got in the way. Maybe life took an unexpected turn. Or maybe you simply said no because you didn't feel ready.
In Part 2, Holiday Zimmerman shares why she believes God is...
What if the opportunities you're resisting are the very ones God is using to shape your purpose?
After the unexpected loss of her father and a season of deep depression, Holiday Zimmerman wasn't looking to start a nonprofit. In fact, when opportunity after opportunity landed in front of her, she kept saying no.
Four times.
Every time she said no, the opportunity came back.
Today, Holiday serves as CEO of The Hub OC, a n...
What if the answer isn't finding the right people? What if it's finding your identity in the right place?
In Part 2, Tayler Meade shares how her relationship with Jesus transformed the way she viewed loneliness, friendships, and belonging. She explains why people can never fill a God-sized gap, why healing often takes time, and how learning to trust God's plan gave her the freedom to stop chasing the approval of othe...
Have you ever wondered why certain moments of rejection stay with you long after they've happened?
In Part 1 of this conversation, Tayler Meade shares the personal experience that inspired her book, A Note to the One Left Walking in the Grass. What began with the pain of feeling left out eventually became a journey of discovering where true identity and belonging are found.
Together, we talk about loneliness, people-p...
As a child, Lonni Asher survived war, piracy, abuse, and trauma.
But survival wasn't the end of her story.
In Part 2 of this conversation, Lonni shares what happened after the crisis was over. She opens up about the years of emotional pain she carried, the multiple suicide attempts that nearly ended her life, and the difficult journey from survival to healing.
She also shares the story of receiving a stage-four cervica...
Born in Vietnam, Lonni Asher's story begins with a desperate escape.
As a young child, Lonni and her family fled Vietnam on an overcrowded fishing boat in search of freedom. During their journey, they encountered pirate ships multiple times, endured extreme hunger and thirst, and faced moments that should have ended in tragedy.
In Part 1 of this conversation, Lonni shares the incredible story of surviving seven pirate...
Born and raised in Tehran, Iran, Lily Ricci's journey brought her from Iran to Germany and eventually to the United States, where cultural expectations and family circumstances led her into a marriage she never wanted. After years of manipulation, abuse, and hopelessness, Lily found herself searching for answers she could no longer find on her own.
In Part 2 of this conversation, Lily shares the moment everything cha...
Born and raised in Tehran, Iran, Lily Ricci grew up in a loving family surrounded by strong family bonds and cultural traditions. At the same time, she lived in a society where opportunities and expectations for women were very different than they were for men.
When financial hardship forced her family to leave everything behind and start over in Germany, the life she had always known disappeared almost overnight.
At ...
In part two of this conversation, Kendall Mariah shares the deeply personal journey that eventually led to her autism diagnosis as an adult.
Kendall opens up about growing up feeling different, struggling socially while excelling academically, and spending years masking parts of herself without fully understanding why.
She speaks candidly about high-masking autism in women, ADHD, sensory struggles, shame, identity, an...
What happens when faith no longer feels simple?
In this conversation, Kendall Mariah opens up about the tension of deeply loving God while struggling with parts of Christian culture that often leave little room for honesty, grief, mental health struggles, or difficult questions.
Kendall shares how infertility, anxiety, internal conflict, and years of wrestling quietly with her own thoughts pushed her into asking deepe...
In Part 2 of this conversation, Malaysia Harrell shares how her healing journey, faith, and spiritual growth inspired the work she does today helping other women step into alignment and purpose.
Malaysia opens up about writing her book, God Has My Six, and the realization that her story was meant to encourage and impact others walking through their own difficult seasons. She also reflects on the lessons she learned t...
Malaysia Harrell is a Board-Certified Psychotherapist, Spiritual Transformation Coach, Author of God Has My Six, Award-Winning Entrepreneur, Founder of the Align Success Academy, and Founder and President of the Malaysia Harrell Foundation.
In Part 1 of this conversation, Malaysia shares the experiences that shaped her journey, including childhood adversity, military service, and the near-death medical experience tha...
Content Note: This episode includes discussion of suicide.
Part 2 continues Jacqueline’s story, moving into what came after the loss.
She shares what those months really looked like, the anger, the grief, and the weight of unanswered questions. The parts people don’t always see or talk about.
After months of carrying that weight, she reached a breaking point.
Jacqueline opens up about the moment she prayed f...
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